donkirkland.bsky.social
Designer of: computer games, economic systems, consumer engagement strategies.
Nerd about behavioural psychology.
Middle aged white guy.
Sick of middle aged white guys making a mess of things.
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Well yes, you can tell other countries are more amenable to govt healthcare by the other countries having govt healthcare. 🤣
Nothing wrong with having multiplayer on top of basic free - it keeps the various actors honest.
Basic free also means no cost worry over Ambulance/ER, etc.
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I read the first few paragraphs, which was enough to confirm that yes, you are correct.
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That thinking is a trap.
Public health in other countries runs into health ministers or directors who do their best to undermine it fairly often.
The reason they don't get too far is because interfering too much is guaranteed political suicide.
M4A won't be utopia perfect. It doesn't have to be.
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Any institution only survives if the people who run it do so in good faith.
RFK Jr should never have been let anywhere near anything health related.
The entire administration is acting in bad faith.
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And when you reach your 50s you will post again because you will realise how little you care about the good opinion of strangers and bots. 🤣
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I plead temporary insanity to any future punching-David-Seymour court cases on the grounds that I will be temporarily unable to legally recognise right from wrong due to being overwhelmed by what is morally the right thing to do for the good of all NZ.
(not legal advice)
For now, send submissions!
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I like the energy, but...
Medicare for all pays for itself. Switching to public health would save the American taxpayers a shit-ton of money, with the added bonus of free healthcare.
Not because it doesn't cost anything, but because the current system costs way more and does way less.
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1) UK isn't covered by the American constitution.
2) the discussion is about actions and consequence, my argument is motive shouldn't decide between big punishment vs slap on the wrist when the action wrecks your country.
Feel free to post a rebuttal to the argument.
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Wouldn't surprise me.
I also think idiocy on this scale should have similar legal consequences to treason.
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If done in the service of a foreign govt: traitor.
If done for personal reasons, akin to setting the house on fire for the insurance payout: idiot.
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We have a really poor general understanding of money and why it exists.
Society can exist without money. Money can't exist without society.
Money can be a good thing, but it needs stewards who understand its purpose.
Right wing govt are poor stewards of money, and the data supports this.
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Why does all of Yorkshire look so gross?
Clearly it needs more concrete brutalism, like Leeds!
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These kinds of people always do a sudden about-face when they are dying on a hospital bed.
"Oh shit, I was wrong! The experts actually knew what they were talking about!"
No, really?
Imagine if you had listened back when you could have prevented it from killing you and millions of others.
Idiot.
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This, but with more epic Greek tragedy dialogue.
If the fate of all mankind does not rest on the recovery of the keys, one of them will, in a sinister voice, explain that the keys are unnecessary and they should be left alone because it is the will of the grandfather.
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IQ is a measure of suitability for 1900 factory work. It is super useful for working out if you will be a good ship riveter or steam train engineer.
As a value metric for the modern world, it is not that useful and can mostly be ignored.
Unless you need to rivet a steam train, I guess?
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Republicans had fiscal credibility, once. Teddy Roosevelt was fiscally credible.
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Woodhenge, not stickhenge.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
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This is both new and very old.
The disconnect between management and dev is real.
A big part of this is lack of comprehension. Developers are wizards, so just wave your magic wand and move on to the next task.
AI is just different wizardry. A computer that can wave its own wand!
Palm, meet face.
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Not enough people have the courage to admit they don't know.
Admittedly, we are kinda taught that not knowing is punishable through much of our education.
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Having read Careless People, it's clearly him but also the people he surrounds himself with.
Zuck + co are already living in an alternate world bubble, no tech required.
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I don't like the term AI - it gives the impression of cognition.
LLMs aren't intelligent. Too many people don't realise that in a cognitive capacity, memory and reasoning test, an LLM would lose to a tree.
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The joke is he is useless with money too.
He is a conman who wants a castle and a crown and lots of gold he can roll around on. He also wants to stay out of jail.
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I am a fan of short sessions (<2hr) and clean stops.
If people want to chat for a bit after, that is fine.
My biggest problem with some TTRPGs (eg D&D) is their utter disrespect for players' time.
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I agree completely.
Taxonomies are too often used as tools of oppression and deny the wonderful diversity of the universe they were originally created to try and understand.
This applies as much to TTRPGs as anything else.
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Don't be. The vast majority of Kiwis love her.
The hate came from a fringe minority because she promotes kindness and community.
You know, things billionaires hate.
If you want to be disappointed, be disappointed at the billionaires actively undermining society for profit.
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Read her memoir.
NZ didn't cast her out, she stepped down for her own reasons.
As a side note:
David Seymour is most definitely a f*cking prick.
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Share the win.
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What about the ones who are loudly objecting?
Other-ing entire demographics based on the hateful actions of a visible subset is practically the definition of bigotry.
I am not saying Christian bigots don't exist, because they absolutely do.
I am saying don't fight bigotry with bigotry.
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Religion is a subset of culture. It is a value propagation mechanism.
Like education, or TV.
It can be used for evil. It can be used for good. It has been used for both.
Like education, or TV.
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Anyone who says that religion was a universal good hasn't studied history.
Anyone who says religion was a universal hindrance hasn't studied history.
Don't be too quick to discredit religion and the value it has provided.
For the record, I am an atheist.
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Hateful men twist faith for their own ends.
Fox isn't a reason to hate TV. You can love TV and despise Fox.
There are far more lovely Christians, Muslims, etc in the world than evil ones.
You can despise those who justify evil with faith without despising faith.
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QR code for your contact details for when business cards aren't an option.
Expect to have to make eye contact and proactively engage people, even if you are a guest doing signings.
Most important: know what YOU want out of the con. If it is business contacts or similar, have a plan to do followup.
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Never rely on the con to feed you.
Have bottled water and pack a salad or something for lunch. You will be glad of anything resembling healthy in every break you get
Cons are exhausting. Expect to be wrecked after. Have a healthy pre-made soup ready for dinner, your brain will be fried.
Vitamin C
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From the perspective of a 40k lore nerd, I agree.
Wouldn't be hard to do in lore at all, and would create all the right kind of problems - namely problems that create more war.
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The suspicion is entirely justified.
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Doesn't surprise me.
It is the dotnet bubble all over again.
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I leaned a bit from both parents.
What I always find interesting is my mother learned from her mother - after all, many women who were young adults in the late 30s/early 40s knew all that stuff.
It has always made me wonder how many boomers/early GenX learned from their mothers or grandmothers?
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Given the amount of due process they have applied so far, I wouldn't count on Miranda or a phonecall, let alone a jury.
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I have this issue where I want to punch David Seymour in the mouth every time he speaks on any topic.
I am talking to my psychologist about it, who informs me this is natural human behaviour.
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That was how it worked, until Reagan took over as designer in the 80s and broke the game.
Weird how games design and economy design have so much in common.
Next up: dark souls, economy edition!
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As someone who has worked repair jobs: functionality based on proximity to technician is indeed a thing.
If the repair person is worth their salt, they will know this and still do a proper job.
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Private, for profit.
In other words: child slave camps.
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The I stands for insurance.
How many insurance companies advertise 'choice and control' instead of 'peace of mind'?
I am not advocating for privatising, but the NDIS could benefit from someone who has a basic understanding of why people buy insurance.
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The provider has been great - they reduced the bill as much as they could.
However that isn't fair on them.
If I had more than 24 hours notice I would have been able to cancel the appointment.
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And obviously people with disabilities are all rich, so a surprise $300 bill with less than 24 hours notice to pay won't have any material impact.
Imagine how bad it would be if there was a cost of living crisis!
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That is theoretically how it works.
Or is supposed to work.
That is not how it works.
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LAPD took fire at one point...
...from the LA Sherrifs.
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ABCs coverage has been amazing compared to the coverage by the USA media.
This does not contradict anything you said.